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Nicola Kemp

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About

Nicola Kemp is Editorial Director for Creativebrief, where she oversees consumer trends, innovation, and interviews with industry thought-leaders from across the creative industries for all areas of the business. She is a member of the Associate Board and focused on growing the reach, relevance and reputation of Creativebrief and BITE. She started her career as a financial journalist before specialising in technology, social trends and marketing. Her work has appeared across titles including Campaign, WGSN, M&M Global, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Guardian and The Observer. A passionate advocate for diversity in all its forms she won The Women in Marketing Journalist of the year award for her work championing diversity in the creative industries, and was featured in Timewise’s Power 50 for her work on flexible working. She was named as one of the 200 women redefining the creative industry by The Dots an #EverydayAction award winner by Bloom, a Pitch 100 Superwoman and a Campaign Trailblazer of the future. With a 5-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son, Nicola is always on the look-out for new feminist fairy-tales to add to their ever-increasing book collection.


More from Nicola Kemp

Thought Leadership

Marketing lessons from this year’s Cannes Lions

By Nicola Kemp

Can Cannes really drive change? A look back on the winning work and key themes from the festival.

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Voices

Empathetic, Resilient and Purpose-led

By Nicola Kemp

Ade Onilude, the founder and chief executive of Women in Marketing and Gabriela Lungu, Founder of WINGS Creative Leadership Lab and WIM on celebrating creativity.

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Voices

‘Change brings new confidence.’

By Nicola Kemp

Jessica Tamsedge, Chief Client Officer, McCann Europe and UK, on how motherhood is her creative fuel and the power of not trying to do it all.

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Interviews

“Change makes sense when it's not forced”

By Nicola Kemp

Morten Grubak, the Global ECD of Innovation at Virtue on the future of digital fashion and co-creation.

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Trend

Periods never sleep

By Nicola Kemp

A new Bodyform campaign, created by AMV BBDO, shines a light into the darkness of period-induced insomnia

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Thought Leadership

Doing Things Differently

By Nicola Kemp

What one thing would you like to see the industry do differently in 2022 when it comes to building a truly inclusive and diverse workforce?

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Interviews

Marketing to women in the post-femvertising era

By Nicola Kemp

Charlotte Willcocks, Head of Strategy at Impero on why now is the time to shift from empowerment to meaningful change in marketing to women.

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Trend

Maltesers bursts stereotypes of older women in new campaign

By Nicola Kemp

AMV BBDO serves up a suckerpunch to stereotypes of older women in advertising in a new campaign for Maltesers.

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Trend

"It is increasingly important for brands to use their voice to instigate social change”

By Nicola Kemp

Pete Jeavons, Director of Marketing Communications on why EE is taking aim at sexism in football.

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Trend

How can employers support staff and prepare for the looming wellbeing crisis?

By Nicola Kemp

The long tail of the Covid crisis combined with the rapidly increasing cost of living demands a new approach from leaders.

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Voices

Channel 4 to boost disabled representation in advertising with award

By Nicola Kemp

The 2022 Diversity in Advertising award will tackle the ongoing lack of authentic representation and portrayal of disabled people in TV advertising.

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Thought Leadership

How do you plan to elevate women in 2022?

By Nicola Kemp

In the wake of the ‘Shecession’ we asked RISE supporters from across the industry how they plan to elevate women.

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Interviews

‘We’ve never done this before.’

By Nicola Kemp

James Morris, CEO EMEA and UK at Dentsu Creative on the power of radical optimism and inclusive leadership.

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Voices

ITV’s ‘Britain Get Talking’ tackles anxiety in young people

By Nicola Kemp

The UK’s most recognised mental health campaign is back with a powerful film encouraging adults to have conversations with teens.

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Voices

Adam&eveDDB and CALM launch groundbreaking campaign.

By Nicola Kemp

The Last Photo tackles the heartbreaking gulf between image and lived experience.

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